{"id":7979,"date":"2009-06-15T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T03:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2009-06-15T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T03:46:08","slug":"its-funny-because-theyre-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7979","title":{"rendered":"It&#039;s Funny Because They&#039;re Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really don&#8217;t understand why the GOP has so much trouble attracting nonwhite voters. I mean, sure, a Republican activist said an escaped ape was &#8220;one of Michelle [Obama]&#8217;s ancestors,&#8221; then blamed the whole thing on a statement by Michelle Obama that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/2009\/06\/15\/gop-activist-compares-michelle-obama-to-a-gorilla\/\" target=\"_blank\">did not actually exist<\/a>. And sure, a GOP operative <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/06\/south-carolina-gop-operative-doesnt-deny-racist-tweet-against-obama.php?ref=fpblg\">posted a tweet that said<\/a>, &#8220;JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT&#8217;S WHITE AND IT WORKS.&#8221; And sure, a staffer for a Republican Tennessee State Senator sent out this image of the 44 presidents:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"44presidents1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/moderateleft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/44presidents1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/moderateleft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/44presidents1.jpg\" alt=\"44presidents1.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/15\/racist-image-eyes\" target=\"blank\">when given a chance to apologize<\/a>, said staffer said &#8220;she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But I just can&#8217;t understand why people think the GOP is a party that coddles racists. It&#8217;s so confusing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really don&#8217;t understand why the GOP has so much trouble attracting nonwhite voters. I mean, sure, a Republican activist said an escaped ape was &#8220;one of Michelle [Obama]&#8217;s ancestors,&#8221; then blamed the whole thing on a statement by Michelle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7979\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-race-racism-and-related-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}